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| TABLE 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF TALC, BY COUNTRY1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Not crushed or powdered | Crushed or powdered | Cut and sawed | Total unmanufactured | ||||||||||||||
| Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | ||||||||||
| Country | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | |||||||||
| 2014: | |||||||||||||||||
| Australia | 1,150 | $1,150 | -- | -- | 1 | $7 | 1,150 | r | $1,160 | ||||||||
| Austria3 | -- | -- | 460 | r | $468 | r | 177 | r | 274 | r | 637 | r | 741 | r | |||
| Brazil | 28 | 53 | -- | -- | 1,920 | 2,370 | 1,950 | 2,420 | |||||||||
| Canada | 54 | 129 | 76,200 | 34,800 | 9,820 | 9,060 | 86,100 | 44,000 | |||||||||
| China | 32 | 80 | 38,100 | 12,600 | 1,340 | r | 2,410 | 39,500 | 15,000 | ||||||||
| France3 | 42 | 11 | 3,110 | 940 | -- | -- | 3,150 | 951 | |||||||||
| Hong Kong4 | 15,300 | 7,030 | 1 | 3 | (5) | 9 | 15,300 | 7,040 | |||||||||
| India3 | 293 | 219 | 92 | 42 | 808 | 1,270 | 1,190 | 1,530 | |||||||||
| Italy3 | -- | r | -- | r | 1,490 | r | 1,560 | r | 47 | 77 | 1,540 | r | 1,640 | r | |||
| Japan | -- | -- | 31,200 | 1,620 | 119 | 691 | 31,300 | 2,320 | r | ||||||||
| Netherlands | -- | -- | 4,870 | 1,450 | (5) | 8 | 4,870 | 1,460 | |||||||||
| Pakistan | 37,800 | 7,670 | 79,800 | 14,500 | 8 | r | 18 | r | 118,000 | 22,200 | |||||||
| Otherr, 6 | 22 | 9 | 3,700 | 594 | 427 | 1,070 | 4,150 | 1,680 | |||||||||
| Total | 54,700 | r | 16,300 | r | 239,000 | r | 68,600 | r | 14,700 | 17,300 | 308,000 | r | 102,000 | ||||
| 2015: | |||||||||||||||||
| Australia | -- | -- | 21 | 9 | -- | -- | 21 | 9 | |||||||||
| Austria3 | -- | -- | 436 | 427 | 87 | 324 | 523 | 751 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 3 | 7 | 473 | 290 | 1,950 | 2,650 | 2,430 | 2,940 | |||||||||
| Canada | 101 | 300 | 80,900 | 40,300 | 7,770 | 7,020 | 88,700 | 47,700 | |||||||||
| China | 36,800 | 15,600 | 56,200 | 5,330 | 3,310 | 4,630 | 96,300 | 25,600 | |||||||||
| France3 | 2,000 | 447 | 1,250 | 662 | -- | -- | 3,240 | 1,110 | |||||||||
| India3 | 131 | 108 | 871 | 291 | 545 | 913 | 1,550 | 1,310 | |||||||||
| Italy3 | -- | -- | 1,050 | 1,240 | 816 | 632 | 1,870 | 1,870 | |||||||||
| Japan | -- | -- | 8,320 | 1,340 | 174 | 866 | 8,500 | 2,210 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | -- | -- | 3,770 | 1,750 | -- | -- | 3,770 | 1,750 | |||||||||
| Pakistan | 10,000 | 2,050 | 105,000 | 19,300 | 17 | 20 | 115,000 | 21,300 | |||||||||
| Other6 | 10 | 66 | 621 | 874 | 256 | 1,500 | 887 | 2,440 | |||||||||
| Total | 49,100 | 18,600 | 258,000 | 71,800 | 14,900 | 18,600 | 322,000 | 109,000 | |||||||||
| rRevised. -- Zero. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||||||
| 2U.S. customs declared value. | |||||||||||||||||
| 3Data taken from the United Nations Comtrade Database because it is more consistent with data reported by the U.S Census Bureau in prior years. | |||||||||||||||||
| 4Thought to be talc from China shipped through Hong Kong. | |||||||||||||||||
| 5Less than - unit. | |||||||||||||||||
| 6Includes 20 countries in 2014 and 16 countries in 2015. | |||||||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, except where otherwise noted. | |||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
